Griekspoor swats aside Dzumhur in Madrid to claim first clay win of 2026

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/griekspoor-tallon/f3zfMU5i/"]Griekspoor[/a] hadn't won a game on the ATP Tour since returning from a hamstring injury he sustained during February's Dubai Tennis Championships, where the Dutchman was forced to forfeit the final against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/medvedev-daniil/O8qG0Nhb/"]Daniil Medvedev[/a].[/p][p]On the back of three consecutive losses in Marrakech, Monte Carlo, and Munich, Griekspoor, who's fallen out of the top 32, was paired up with 84th-ranked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dzumhur-damir/hMrlbuuQ/"]Damir Dzumhur[/a] at the masters tournament in Madrid.[/p][p]It was Dzumhur who dealt the first blow in a disappointing second service game for Griekspoor, who dropped his first game to the Bosnian after conceding his third break point.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="9e55e6eb-ab49-40bf-9a24-09805772ed65" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="9c12d895-4555-43a5-a153-e6b0601fb79f" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]The highest-ranked Dutch player fought back fiercely, winning four games on the spin en route to a 6-3 set win, mainly overpowering Dzumhur with a strong net game by winning 7 of 8 net points.[/p][p]Griekspoor continued his fine form by breaking Dzumhur at the first time of asking in the second set, but had to put up a big fight and was squared up by his Bosnian counterpart after four games. The pair fought closely from there on out, and it took a marathon 14-point game for Griekspoor to restore his one-break lead and claim a first victory since February.[/p][h2]Musetti up next[/h2][p]In the third round in the Spanish capital, Griekspoor will face his biggest foe yet: 9th-ranked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/musetti-lorenzo/xtH2ODVI/"]Lorenzo Musetti[/a], whom Griekspoor last met at the ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam in February 2024, where he beat the Italian in a three-hour-long thriller. Griekspoor and Musetti are set to play on Sunday, April 26th.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/dzumhur-d-hMrlbuuQ/griekspoor-t-f3zfMU5i/?mid=QqKGbTRN"]Check out the full match statistics on Flashscore[/a][/b][/p]